Manual Reference Pages - AMGPGCRYPT (8)

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amgpgcrypt
calls
gpg
to perform public-key data encryption on Amanda backup.
amgpgcrypt
will search for the gpg program in the following directories: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin

amgpgcrypt
sets GNUPGHOME to $AMANDA_HOME/.gnupg where gpg will look for the gpg keys.
amgpgcrypt
uses the public key to encrypt the Amanda data and uses the private key to decrypt the Amanda backup data. Thus, passphrase is only required at the time of data restore.

$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.6; Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.

We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.

public and secret key created and signed.
key marked as ultimately trusted.